#491DA0#491DA0

#491DA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.190 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491DA0
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 160)
HSL	hsl(260, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 81.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 50.16, -62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 80.07, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0633 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.19 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5303, 4.8328, 33.6815)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491DA0 #74A01D

analogous

#1D32A0 #491DA0 #8B1DA0

triadic

#491DA0 #A0491D #1DA049

tetradic

#491DA0 #A01D32 #74A01D #1DA08B

square

#491DA0 #A01D32 #74A01D #1DA08B

split-complementary

#491DA0 #A08B1D #32A01D

monochromatic

#1A0A38 #31146C #491DA0 #6126D4 #8557E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#491DA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#491DA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491DA0

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491DA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491DA0	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491da0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.190 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660bd',
    500: '#491da0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491da0;
$custom-light: #8660bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491da0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.153,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38722,
    "c": 0.19037,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491DA0

secondary

#9FC455

accent

#EC3CB1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491DA0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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